Phantom Manor

In October 2025 it became clear how strongly Phantom Manor continues to inspire people beyond Disneyland Paris. Filmmaker Johan Souply and his team raised more than 21,000 euros through the French platform Ulule for a short film inspired by the attraction and the fictional Ravenswood setting. That was more than double the original target of 10,000 euros.

The project is not an official Disney production, but the creators present it as a tribute to Phantom Manor's classic story. It will use several film sets, including an impressive exterior of the manor. Because the funding goal was exceeded, the team could plan seven shooting days instead of five. For the attraction's history, this is valuable fan context: Phantom Manor is not only a ride, but a story world that inspires fans to create their own art, films and interpretations.

In June 2025 Disneyland Paris once again adjusted details around Phantom Manor. On Boot Hill, the haunted cemetery beside the attraction, two cheeky gravestone texts disappeared from the graves of servants Jasper and Anna Jones. The old inscriptions played with a sexually suggestive joke about the master of the house. Disney replaced them with milder texts describing the characters as a loyal butler and housekeeper.

Two additional pet graves were also added, for the dog Goliath and the cat Thomas Gerald Ravenswood IX. For fans, this is classic Phantom Manor news because small gravestones and wordplay help define the tone of the area. The change also fits earlier updates, such as the removal of nooses in 2023. Disneyland Paris appears to be preserving the attraction's macabre humour while increasingly softening details that feel too sharp or dated.

In October 2024 Disneyland Paris gave fans new story context for Phantom Manor. In a seven-minute video, actor Bernard Alane, the current French-language voice in the attraction, narrated the history of the manor and the surrounding Thunder Mesa. The English-language voice remains tied to horror icon Vincent Price, who died in 1993, one year after the attraction opened.

The video followed the 2019 refurbishment, when Disney made changes intended to communicate the storyline more clearly. At its centre is Henry Ravenswood, made wealthy through the Big Thunder Mining Company, alongside his wife Martha and daughter Melanie. After an earthquake and a wedding that never happened, Melanie continues to wander the decaying house as a bride. For fans this matters because Phantom Manor's background had been debated for decades. The video turned scattered clues into a more readable narrative.